To understand how societies identify with American identity, we must understand how two societies developed until the mid-18th century. To start, we need to talk about the Native Americans who were considered “warrior nations or tribes,” but when you look at the way the women of the tribe were treated compared to European women, you can see a significant difference. Indian women “lived in matriarchal societies (their husbands moved in with their wives and the wives' extended family), had the right to divorce their husbands, and controlled the source of most food (corn and other crops grown in the garden). products) consumed by the family. For Indian women, their tribal status, both chronological and relational, played an important role in the level of oppression they faced. Older Indian women usually served as clan mothers, advisors to sachems or chiefs, and very few Indian leaders would act without considering the advice of tribal matriarchs. In contrast, “European women were moderately oppressed for their time, as they had to depend on a male in their lives (father for virgins and husband for married women) for shelter and security. They spent most of their time on domestic or agricultural chores with limited work outside the home and their financial affairs were tied to the same men who provided them shelter. Like Indian women, they too could do it